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Eindhoven Eindhoven () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant of which it is its largest. With a population of 238,326 on 1 January 2022, Dutch topographic map of Veldhoven (town), Dec. 2013

Population centres

The modern town of Veldhoven is an agglomeration of formerly rural villages that in the twentieth century grew together to form one large suburban area catering to

Eindhoven Eindhoven () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant of which it is its largest. With a population of 238,326 on 1 January 2022,Oerle to the west and Zeelst to the northeast. A new city center was constructed between Zeelst and Veldhoven.

Economy

Veldhoven is home to the headquarters of the manufacturer of high-tech (

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equipment ASML. As of 2022, the company employs over 14,000 people—equivalent to nearly one third of the town's population. ASML occupies the tallest building (83 meters) in Veldhoven. The municipality features a large industrial and office area along the

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, which also includes the second-largest

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Eindhoven Eindhoven () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant of which it is its largest. With a population of 238,326 on 1 January 2022,Máxima Medisch Centrum Máxima Medisch Centrum (English: ''Maxima Medical Centre'') is a teaching hospital in the Netherlands, on two locations, in Veldhoven and Eindhoven. It was founded in 2002 through the merger of the Sint-Josephziekenhuis in Veldhoven and the Diaco ...

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Veldhoven Centrum

Veldhoven Centrum has 113 commercial shops with famous brands covering food restaurants, daily groceries, fashion products, Jewelry and banks. The Centrum has services such as Library Veldhoven, Municipality of Veldhoven, Trigion security City and VVV Veldhoven. The Veldhoven shops open at 11 AM every Monday. The Centrum has Week Market every Monday for fruit and produce.

Culture

The yearly festival Cult en Tumult offers a varied program of art and culture in the broadest sense. Theatre De Schalm is near the City Centrum. The spoken language is Kempenlands (an East Brabantian dialect, which is very similar to colloquial Dutch).

Town council

The current town council of Veldhoven was elected at the Dutch 2018 local elections.

Transport

Eindhoven Airport is near Veldhoven, on the border with

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Notable people

* Willem Adams (born 1937 in Veldhoven) a Dutch painter *

Jan Cornelius van Sambeek Jan Cornelius van Sambeek, M.Afr. (or John van Sambeek) was a Dutch White Fathers missionary who was the Vicar Apostolic of Tanganyika (1936–1946), and then Bishop of Kigoma (1946–1957), in the former British-administered Tanganyika Territ ...

(1886 in Veldhoven - 1966 in Kabanga) a Dutch White Fathers missionary in

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Marius van Amelsvoort Marius Johannes Josephus van Amelsvoort (29 August 1930 – 30 May 2006) was a Dutch politician and diplomat of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) party and later the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and economist. Van Amelsvoort ...

(1930 – 2006 in Veldhoven) a Dutch politician and diplomat *

Hendricus Stoof Hendricus Theodorus Christiaan "Henk" Stoof (born 1962) is a professor in theoretical physics at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. His main interests are atomic physics, condensed matter physics and many-body physics. He is a Fellow of th ...

(born 1962 in Veldhoven) a professor of

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Utrecht University Utrecht University (UU; nl, Universiteit Utrecht, formerly ''Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht'') is a public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established , it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2018, it had an enrollme ...

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Henrieke Goorhuis Henrieke Goorhuis (born 1990) is a Dutch cartoonist and illustrator. She is known for illustrating ''Het lastpak'', a story featuring the characters Oliver B. Bumble and Tom Puss ''Tom Puss'' (''Tom Poes'' in Dutch) is a Dutch comic strip, crea ...

(born 1990 in Veldhoven) a Dutch cartoonist and illustrator * Raoul van Grinsven (born 1974) stage name '' DJ Zany'', a disc jockey, owns

Fusion Records Fusion Records is a Dutch sub-label of Freaky Music which, at first, released hard trance and hard house records, and kept growing by releasing hardstyle. After the end of Superplastik (another sub-label of Freaky Music), the artists that were si ...

, lives in Veldhoven * Anita Groener (born 1958 in Veldhoven) a Dutch artist *

Mau Heymans Mau Heymans (born April 14, 1961, Veldhoven) is a Dutch Disney comics artist and writer. He started his career in 1987. He is primarily an illustrator and also wrote some stories with Kirsten de Graaf. Heyman does Scrooge McDuck universe comi ...

(born 1961 in Veldhoven) a Dutch

Disney comics Disney comics are comic books and comic strips featuring characters created by the Walt Disney Company, including Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge. The first Disney comics were newspaper strips appearing from 1930 on, starting with th ...

artist and writer * Jessy Seuntiens (born 1980 in Oerle) stage name '' Jesselyn'', is a Dutch DJ * Daan de Kort (born 1992 in Veldhoven) a Dutch politician * Tiny Kox (born 1951 in Veldhoven) a Dutch politician *

Teun Luijkx Teun Luijkx (born 1986) is a Dutch actor. Luijkx grew up in Oerle, near Veldhoven. In high school, he showed interest in theater, so he ended up at the Theatre Foundation Plan in Eindhoven, a project where professional theater directors to ama ...

(born 1986 in Veldhoven) a Dutch actorIMDb Database
retrieved 24 December 2019 * Maartje Verhoef (born 1997 in Veldhoven) a Dutch fashion model

Sport

* John van den Akker (born 1966 in Veldhoven) a Dutch former cyclist * Rob van Boekel (born 1987 in Veldhoven) a Dutch footballer * Kayleigh van Dooren (born 1987 in Veldhoven) a Dutch footballer * Gerard Egelmeers (born 1999 in Veldhoven) a former

Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896 ** Summer Olympic Games ** Winter Olympic Games * Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece bet ...

rower * Toon Geurts (1932 in Veldhoven – 2017) a Dutch sprint canoer, silver medallist at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this h ...

* Eelco Horsten(born 1989 in Veldhoven) a Dutch footballer *

Maud Kaptheijns Maud Kaptheijns (born 28 September 1994) is a Dutch cyclist, who primarily competes in the cyclo-cross discipline of the sport. She won the gold medal in the under-23 event at the 2015 UEC European Cyclo-cross Championships after eventual winner ...

(born 1994 in Veldhoven) a Dutch cyclist *

Corné van Kessel Corné van Kessel (born 7 August 1991) is a Dutch professional cyclo-cross and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Cyclo-cross team Team Deschacht–Group Hens–Containers Maes. Career Van Kessel was born in Veldhoven. After spending his ...

(born 1991 in Veldhoven) a Dutch professional cyclo-cross and road cyclist *

Paco van Moorsel Paco van Moorsel (born 15 December 1989) is a Dutch footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. Career Van Moorsel played six seasons for FC Den Bosch in the Eerste Divisie before he joined FC Groningen in the summer of 2012. He was sen ...

(born 1989 in Veldhoven) a Dutch footballer with 280 club caps * Milou van der Heijden (born 1990 in Veldhoven) a professional squash player

Gallery

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References

External links

* * {{Authority control Municipalities of North Brabant Populated places in North Brabant